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Opportunity favors the prepared.
Louis Pasteur
The modern dogma is comfort at any cost.
Aldo Leopold
In absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king.
Thomas Paine
What we do in this life echoes in eternity.
Maximus
Louis Pasteur
The modern dogma is comfort at any cost.
Aldo Leopold
In absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king.
Thomas Paine
What we do in this life echoes in eternity.
Maximus
Pinned
The only justice in this world is what we demand & ensure.
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this world will take your whimsy if you let it. don't.
December 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
this world will take your whimsy if you let it. don't.
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Statement on Trump’s Executive Order Restricting State Regulation of AI
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Statement on Trump’s Executive Order Restricting State Regulation of AI
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An Animated History of Cats: How Over 10,000 Years the Cat Went from Wild Predator to Sofa Sidekick
An Animated History of Cats: How Over 10,000 Years the Cat Went from Wild Predator to Sofa Sidekick
Dogs sees us as their masters while cats sees us as their slaves. - Anonymous
The next time your friend’s pet cat sinks its fangs into your wrist, bear in mind that the beast is probably still laborin...
www.openculture.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
An Animated History of Cats: How Over 10,000 Years the Cat Went from Wild Predator to Sofa Sidekick
festering pustule & P25 co-author darth vought is pulling a mick mullaney 2.0 by trying to kill the cfpb through lack of funding.
it didn't work in 2018 when micky tried it, it's not going to work this time.
rusty v can't nullify a federal agency created by congress & ratified into law by the potus.
it didn't work in 2018 when micky tried it, it's not going to work this time.
rusty v can't nullify a federal agency created by congress & ratified into law by the potus.
CFPB Funding Question Threatens to Upend New Deregulatory Agenda
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s argument that it’s running out of money and can’t request additional funding brings more chaos for banks, financial technology firms, and other companies ove...
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
festering pustule & P25 co-author darth vought is pulling a mick mullaney 2.0 by trying to kill the cfpb through lack of funding.
it didn't work in 2018 when micky tried it, it's not going to work this time.
rusty v can't nullify a federal agency created by congress & ratified into law by the potus.
it didn't work in 2018 when micky tried it, it's not going to work this time.
rusty v can't nullify a federal agency created by congress & ratified into law by the potus.
1/This is how we end up like Interstellar.
'Their geoengineering research is... focused on.. use of sulfur dioxide, because it is known to help reduce global temperatures after volcanic eruptions blast massive amounts of it into the stratospheric. But it...harm[s] the...ozone layer.'
Um, SO2 is...
'Their geoengineering research is... focused on.. use of sulfur dioxide, because it is known to help reduce global temperatures after volcanic eruptions blast massive amounts of it into the stratospheric. But it...harm[s] the...ozone layer.'
Um, SO2 is...
How one controversial startup hopes to cool the planet
And why many scientists are freaked out about the first serious for-profit company moving into the solar geoengineering field.
www.technologyreview.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
1/This is how we end up like Interstellar.
'Their geoengineering research is... focused on.. use of sulfur dioxide, because it is known to help reduce global temperatures after volcanic eruptions blast massive amounts of it into the stratospheric. But it...harm[s] the...ozone layer.'
Um, SO2 is...
'Their geoengineering research is... focused on.. use of sulfur dioxide, because it is known to help reduce global temperatures after volcanic eruptions blast massive amounts of it into the stratospheric. But it...harm[s] the...ozone layer.'
Um, SO2 is...
Wasn't onboard with duffy beer's endeavor until I watched this & realized that mini-tramps & rope swings would be made available.🤙
Unlike doing kata in an airport terminal, my poor rendition of this wouldn't wind up with me getting cuffed & stuffed. 😄
Unlike doing kata in an airport terminal, my poor rendition of this wouldn't wind up with me getting cuffed & stuffed. 😄
me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Wasn't onboard with duffy beer's endeavor until I watched this & realized that mini-tramps & rope swings would be made available.🤙
Unlike doing kata in an airport terminal, my poor rendition of this wouldn't wind up with me getting cuffed & stuffed. 😄
Unlike doing kata in an airport terminal, my poor rendition of this wouldn't wind up with me getting cuffed & stuffed. 😄
Bannon has at least a modicum of historical perspective in keeping a fascist movement going - take care of your supporters whilst screwing everyone else.
Thiel, elmo & the broligarch horde are going full totalitarian - elections as a performative facade whilst screwing everyone but the .1%.
Thiel, elmo & the broligarch horde are going full totalitarian - elections as a performative facade whilst screwing everyone but the .1%.
Bannon warns Trump is walking into trap that will 'unite' the left and right against him www.alternet.org/the-right-wi...
Bannon warns Trump is walking into trap that will 'unite' the left and right against him
One of President Donald Trump's key allies warns that the president's push for a "lightly regulated, fast expansion of AI" is a trap that will destroy his presidency, Axios reports. "Trump is floorin...
www.alternet.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Bannon has at least a modicum of historical perspective in keeping a fascist movement going - take care of your supporters whilst screwing everyone else.
Thiel, elmo & the broligarch horde are going full totalitarian - elections as a performative facade whilst screwing everyone but the .1%.
Thiel, elmo & the broligarch horde are going full totalitarian - elections as a performative facade whilst screwing everyone but the .1%.
This is the way.
“They said, 'We don’t need one.' I said, 'Yes, you do,'” She then asked them to leave, noting that a signed warrant is required to conduct immigration operations inside a private business. Rathke and Nguyen believe the officers were using intimidation tactics to instill fear...'
“They said, 'We don’t need one.' I said, 'Yes, you do,'” She then asked them to leave, noting that a signed warrant is required to conduct immigration operations inside a private business. Rathke and Nguyen believe the officers were using intimidation tactics to instill fear...'
Owner of Minneapolis restaurant says ICE entered without warrant, staff pushed back
ICE agents entered Hola Arepa on Wednesday at approximately 5:30 p.m. but left when employees demanded to see a warrant.
www.kare11.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is the way.
“They said, 'We don’t need one.' I said, 'Yes, you do,'” She then asked them to leave, noting that a signed warrant is required to conduct immigration operations inside a private business. Rathke and Nguyen believe the officers were using intimidation tactics to instill fear...'
“They said, 'We don’t need one.' I said, 'Yes, you do,'” She then asked them to leave, noting that a signed warrant is required to conduct immigration operations inside a private business. Rathke and Nguyen believe the officers were using intimidation tactics to instill fear...'
1/ Watched the new Jeff Buckley doc last night.
It's very well done, knew little about him outside of his music. Like Sean & Julian Lennon, he was an uncanny conduit of his father's voice, but like Sean L, he had a formidable & fully developed style all his own. I don't think anyone had a more...
It's very well done, knew little about him outside of his music. Like Sean & Julian Lennon, he was an uncanny conduit of his father's voice, but like Sean L, he had a formidable & fully developed style all his own. I don't think anyone had a more...
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
1/ Watched the new Jeff Buckley doc last night.
It's very well done, knew little about him outside of his music. Like Sean & Julian Lennon, he was an uncanny conduit of his father's voice, but like Sean L, he had a formidable & fully developed style all his own. I don't think anyone had a more...
It's very well done, knew little about him outside of his music. Like Sean & Julian Lennon, he was an uncanny conduit of his father's voice, but like Sean L, he had a formidable & fully developed style all his own. I don't think anyone had a more...
So the guy convicted of aiding drug trafficking (hernandez) needs to be pardoned so he can help fight drug trafficking if the presidential candidate from his conservative party (asfura) wins the upcoming election.
smells like a bribe for, or leveraging dirt on, drumpf.
smells like a bribe for, or leveraging dirt on, drumpf.
Trump backs conservative Asfura in Honduras' tight presidential race
U.S. President Donald Trump weighed in on Honduras' tightly contested presidential race on Wednesday, backing Nasry Asfura of the conservative National Party, saying he can work with Asfura to counter...
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So the guy convicted of aiding drug trafficking (hernandez) needs to be pardoned so he can help fight drug trafficking if the presidential candidate from his conservative party (asfura) wins the upcoming election.
smells like a bribe for, or leveraging dirt on, drumpf.
smells like a bribe for, or leveraging dirt on, drumpf.
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Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
Excellent & extensive thread on the gop's nearly immediate betrayal of Lincoln's legacy.
#ResistanceRoots
Some people on the right like to tout the GOP’s history as the “Party of Lincoln,” and note that prominent African Americans were Repubs after the Civil War. Democrats, including me, counter that the two parties switched sides when Democrats embraced the Civil Rights Movement. /1
Some people on the right like to tout the GOP’s history as the “Party of Lincoln,” and note that prominent African Americans were Repubs after the Civil War. Democrats, including me, counter that the two parties switched sides when Democrats embraced the Civil Rights Movement. /1
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Excellent & extensive thread on the gop's nearly immediate betrayal of Lincoln's legacy.
Home prices may be dropping precipitously - according to one analyst at least.
Because the WS equity firms that snapped up all of the distressed sales during covid, then immediately listed them as rentals at exorbitant rates, aren't making enough money.
(cue sad trombone)
Because the WS equity firms that snapped up all of the distressed sales during covid, then immediately listed them as rentals at exorbitant rates, aren't making enough money.
(cue sad trombone)
Price correction "worse than 2008" coming to US housing market—analyst
Melody Wright expects home prices to fall by as much as 50 percent next year, in a way that could “worse than 2008.”
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Home prices may be dropping precipitously - according to one analyst at least.
Because the WS equity firms that snapped up all of the distressed sales during covid, then immediately listed them as rentals at exorbitant rates, aren't making enough money.
(cue sad trombone)
Because the WS equity firms that snapped up all of the distressed sales during covid, then immediately listed them as rentals at exorbitant rates, aren't making enough money.
(cue sad trombone)
The latest regime endeavor to double down on institutional/structural sexism & racism.
If conservatives are actually concerned about the cost of college & the student loan/aid/forgiveness programs associated with those costs to individuals & the federal govt, then fund the colleges with a...🧵
If conservatives are actually concerned about the cost of college & the student loan/aid/forgiveness programs associated with those costs to individuals & the federal govt, then fund the colleges with a...🧵
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The latest regime endeavor to double down on institutional/structural sexism & racism.
If conservatives are actually concerned about the cost of college & the student loan/aid/forgiveness programs associated with those costs to individuals & the federal govt, then fund the colleges with a...🧵
If conservatives are actually concerned about the cost of college & the student loan/aid/forgiveness programs associated with those costs to individuals & the federal govt, then fund the colleges with a...🧵
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Trump administration policy:
Protesting Israel's war crimes in Gaza? That's anti-Semitism, and punishable by arrest and deportation.
Giving millions to Hamas? Cool, so long as you're a billionaire friendly to Trump.
Protesting Israel's war crimes in Gaza? That's anti-Semitism, and punishable by arrest and deportation.
Giving millions to Hamas? Cool, so long as you're a billionaire friendly to Trump.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Trump administration policy:
Protesting Israel's war crimes in Gaza? That's anti-Semitism, and punishable by arrest and deportation.
Giving millions to Hamas? Cool, so long as you're a billionaire friendly to Trump.
Protesting Israel's war crimes in Gaza? That's anti-Semitism, and punishable by arrest and deportation.
Giving millions to Hamas? Cool, so long as you're a billionaire friendly to Trump.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
He's so vain🎶
He probably thinks Mamdani actually likes him...🎶
He probably thinks Mamdani actually likes him...🎶
And nothing thrills him like celebrity. Mamdani has the popularity Trump has always craved.
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
He's so vain🎶
He probably thinks Mamdani actually likes him...🎶
He probably thinks Mamdani actually likes him...🎶
a singularly talented songwriter & soul passed unexpectedly, likely (imo) in part due to the sickeningly violent assault (requiring 22 staples to suture) that he suffered in salt lake shitty, who of course deny everything.
he spun satirical folk tales that spoke volumes about the human condition.
he spun satirical folk tales that spoke volumes about the human condition.
The outpouring of mourning for the great and hilarious "alt-country" genius Todd Snider seemed an excellent reason to devote this month's Big Lookback to a Barnes & Noble Review appreciation I wrote about Snider more than a decade ago. robertchristgau.substack.com/p/the-big-lo...
The Big Lookback: Todd Snider
"Preaching Agnosticism (With Laugh Lines)," from "The Barnes & Noble Review," April 30, 2012
robertchristgau.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
a singularly talented songwriter & soul passed unexpectedly, likely (imo) in part due to the sickeningly violent assault (requiring 22 staples to suture) that he suffered in salt lake shitty, who of course deny everything.
he spun satirical folk tales that spoke volumes about the human condition.
he spun satirical folk tales that spoke volumes about the human condition.
Strive for justice in this lifetime.
There's no guarantee of another, and one particular religious institution is infamous for selling salvation in the next one so that the majority of followers put up with hell during this one.
There's no guarantee of another, and one particular religious institution is infamous for selling salvation in the next one so that the majority of followers put up with hell during this one.
He doesn't care, and we shouldn't fret over afterlife hypotheticals.
He needs to be impeached by congress, then prosecuted in criminal court, convicted & sent to prison in this lifetime.
He needs to be impeached by congress, then prosecuted in criminal court, convicted & sent to prison in this lifetime.
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Strive for justice in this lifetime.
There's no guarantee of another, and one particular religious institution is infamous for selling salvation in the next one so that the majority of followers put up with hell during this one.
There's no guarantee of another, and one particular religious institution is infamous for selling salvation in the next one so that the majority of followers put up with hell during this one.
That scene from the avengers comes to mind.
Loki: There are no men like me.
German Old Man: There are *always* men like you.
Loki: There are no men like me.
German Old Man: There are *always* men like you.
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
That scene from the avengers comes to mind.
Loki: There are no men like me.
German Old Man: There are *always* men like you.
Loki: There are no men like me.
German Old Man: There are *always* men like you.